We got up early ready to leave Kochkor, Russ was up before me, he had been sick, puking and going to the bathroom a lot, he suspects the meatpie from yesterday, but he had this same problem and I suspect giardiasis from drinking stream water in Tibet. Anyway we said goodbye to the wonderful family who hosted us, I will miss the cute kids whom I taught how to count and sing the ABC, we walked to town, which with my heavy pack is not pleasant, and in the town center near the bazaar we haggled for prices to Karakol but it is steep, they want 2,000 soms for both of us, we are not having that so we negotiated a shared taxi to Balykchy an hours drive away and costs us 150 soms each, we
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